Explore Britain's wilder side with this impressive line-up of nefarious and idiosyncratic characters past and present. Its encyclopedic entries provide an entertaining guide to the underworld, with crooks and kooks from Jack the Ripper to Ozzy Osbourne, Vinnie Jones to the Duke of Edinburgh. Their dirty deeds and eccentric exploits are recounted with glee - from the princess who believed she was magnetic to the elephant that took penalty kicks, the musician who used a tortoise as a codpiece to the man who sat on a trout to cook it.